#bardabunga

[earthstory]

Original caption:

In CALDERA we see how Melissa Pfeffer, an atmospheric volcanologist, pulled off the first ever gas subtraction from an active caldera at the biggest glacier of Europe.

[thealienemily]

Volcano Iceland by SL BERLIN Via Flickr: September 2014

[thealienemily]

Iceland 2014 by SL BERLIN

[varm]

 by SL BERLIN

[nisoma-jokull]

And the Winner of the Volcanic Event of the Year is....BARDABUNGA VOLCANO & HOLUHRAUN ERUPTIVE SITE !

Here are the nominees (The Wired) http://www.wired.com/2015/01/2014-pliny-volcanic-event-year-goes/

[fadetouched]

Northern Lights and Bárðarbunga Volcanic Eruption by Hörður Finnbogason

[nisoma-jokull]

Bardabunga volcano/Holuhraun eruption site last update : 

It's now official, Holuhraun eruption is the largest effusive eruption in Iceland since Laki : lava covers more than 67 km2 & volume of 1 km3, the largest since Laki in 1783-84.

Signs of subglacial eruption are still there (see LanSat8 images of the South Western Cauldron)

(source University of Iceland / photos credits Mashable Arctic/Image/Corbis)

[theformerastronomer]

Video of a quadcopter drone flyover of the Bárðarbunga volcano in Iceland.

There's a making-of video here